CPE Bach Complete Works for Violin and Keyboard
Tamsin Waley-Cohen and James Baillieu
- Label
- Signum Classics
- Catalogue number
- SIGCD 573
- EAN / barcode
- 0635212057322
- Release date
- 3 October 2019
- Number of CDs
- 3
- Type
- Album
More info
Born in Weimar, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-88) was the fifth child and second surviving son of JS Bach and his first wife Maria Barbara. By his own account he had no other teacher for composition and keyboard except his father. Nevertheless, the majority of Emanuel's earliest works owe more to the influence of Telemann and other exponents of the new galant style, while already suggesting his own progressive instinct. At the age of twenty-four, after seven years studying law, Emanuel decided to devote himself to music. In 1738 he accepted the position of keyboard player at the court of the Prussian crown prince – the future Frederick the Great. After nearly thirty years of royal service he left Berlin and moved to Hamburg, where he occupied the positions of Music Director and Cantor until his death.
Tracklist
- 01 Violin Sonata in D major, Wq. 71: Adagio ma non molto 03:18
- 02 Violin Sonata in D major, Wq. 71: Allegro 02:13
- 03 Violin Sonata in D major, Wq. 71: Adagio 03:55
- 04 Violin Sonata in D major, Wq. 71: Menuets 1& 2 02:47
- 05 Violin Sonata in D minor, Wq. 72: Adagio ma non troppo 03:06
- 06 Violin Sonata in D minor, Wq. 72: Allegro 02:02
- 07 Violin Sonata in D minor, Wq. 72: Allegro 03:34
- 08 Violin Sonata in C major, Wq. 73: Allegro di molto 03:07
- 09 Violin Sonata in C major, Wq. 73: Andante 05:04
- 10 Violin Sonata in C major, Wq. 73: Allegretto 06:58
- 11 Violin Sonata in D major, Wq. 74: Allegro 04:12
- 12 Violin Sonata in D major, Wq. 74: Andante 02:51
- 13 Violin Sonata in D major, Wq. 74: Tempo di Minuetto 02:51
- 14 Violin Sonata in F major, Wq. 75: Allegro 10:11
- 15 Violin Sonata in F major, Wq. 75: Larghetto 06:22
- 16 Violin Sonata in F major, Wq. 75: Allegro 07:31
- 17 Violin Sonata in B minor, Wq. 76: Allegro moderato 07:30
- 18 Violin Sonata in B minor, Wq. 76: Poco andante 05:41
- 19 Violin Sonata in B minor, Wq. 76: Allegretto Siciliano 05:34
- 20 Violin Sonata in B-flat major, Wq. 77: Allegro di molto 06:10
- 21 Violin Sonata in B-flat major, Wq. 77: Largo 06:36
- 22 Violin Sonata in B-flat major, Wq. 77: Presto 04:52
- 23 Violin Sonata in C minor, Wq. 78: Allegro moderato 08:56
- 24 Violin Sonata in C minor, Wq. 78: Adagio ma non troppo 07:17
- 25 Violin Sonata in C minor, Wq. 78: Presto 05:32
- 26 Arioso con variazioni in A major, Wq. 79 11:13
- 27 Fantasia in F-sharp minor, Wq. 80 14:36
Source: MusicBrainz
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